[pythonfart]

I want to develop a menu that will list media files off a server. The menu will allow you to download whatever is listed. It will be stored on the HD.

With that said, what should I learn in order to pull this off? I am not a programming expert. I am not a programming expert and I know only the basics of programming languages. I can do lists, variables, loops....the basics of basics.
I am learning about class' right now in python.

I would like your suggestions as far as what I should read and learn and do. Thanks

[agathorn]

I would imagine you could do this with a Python script, so just learn Python

[pythonfart]

python, and what toolkit for the gui?

[Nuka1195]

gui, is not necessary if you create a plugin. this sounds like a good candidate for a plugin.

http://xbmc-scripting.googlecode.com/svn...in%20Maker is an example of listing a directory and supports samba.

check out the stickie

[pythonfart]

gui, is not necessary if you create a plugin. this sounds like a good candidate for a plugin.

http://xbmc-scripting.googlecode.com/svn...in%20Maker is an example of listing a directory and supports samba.

check out the stickie

Ive seen sites on google for writing plugins with python for XBMC, but is there an official python/plugin page for newbs?

[Gamester17]

Not really, this is what you have available:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=30351
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=28031
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=29911
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Building_Python_Scripts

But you are more than welcome to write a such article yourself while you do it, that is how most of those articles get made you know. Resgiter an account on the wiki and create a new article for "Building Python Plugins for XBMC":
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=XBMC_Online_Manual